The Owl Clan in Northgard is officially rated as a two-star difficulty clan, but in reality, it is one of the most complex and powerful clans in the game. While mastering the Owl Clan takes effort, the rewards are immense, offering a strong economy, exceptional military power, and the ability to enable allies through lore-based support.

This guide will walk you through the Owl Clan’s unique mechanics, how to break the game with it, and the best strategies to optimize its economy and military potential.

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Understanding the Owl Clan’s Unique Lore System

Unlike other clans, the Owl Clan’s lore is manually placed using branches, which can be positioned strategically to benefit both your clan and your allies. Once you have at least 30 relations with an ally, your lore effects will also support them.

Breaking Down the Owl Lore Tree

The Owl Clan features unique lore options alongside familiar blessings and eco-military upgrades. Here’s how the tree is structured:

• Left-Side Lore: Niche utilities, less frequently used.
• Right-Side Lore: Vital economy upgrades.
• Bottom Lore: Military-focused upgrades.

First Circle of Lore:

1. Fertile Soils – Creates fertile land in the zone and boosts specialized productions by +10%.
2. Ironwood – Automatically gathers ores from a zone for your clan or an ally.
3. Healing Herbs – Passively heals units in the zone outside combat.

Second Circle of Lore:

4. Hypnotic Spores – Improves relations with any faction or clan that has units in a tile, and prevents wild creatures from attacking.
5. Terraform Ground – Grants passive forest bonuses in any zone, adding +6 lore flat.
6. Parasitic Vegetables – Periodically steals resources from another clan’s zone, scaling with their stockpile and your relations.
7. Invasive Fruits – Grants your clan access to another clan’s unique lore abilities.

Military Lore:

8. Protection Rune Carving – Each lore production building and forest provides +0.25 defense to units.
9. Creeping Vines – Grants +15% attack power to your units in zones owned by other factions while preventing relations from deteriorating.

Blessings:

• Source of Fandi – Heals allied units in your backline.
• Source of Udi – Strengthens branches placed in ally zones.
• Source of Skal – Grants trained military units bonuses from all upgraded military camps.

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Owl Clan Relic: Realm of Meriter

The Realm of Meriter relic allows you to upgrade zones for 50 lore, turning them into forest, deer, or fish tiles. This enables the Owl Clan to sustain its happiness and passive lore production without the need for wood collection, as the clan lacks access to woodcutters.

Instead of gathering wood, you must strategically decide how to allocate your lore between unlocking powerful upgrades and constructing buildings.

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Early Game Strategy: Establishing Your Economy

Key Benchmarks:

• Rush Fertile Soil to boost early economy.
• Find an Ironwood spot and begin passive ore collection.
• Secure an early source of stone to accelerate development.
• Adapt build order based on map spawn.

Standard 801 Build Order

• If you have a forest → Rush Terraform Ground.
• If you have a farm → Prioritize fertile soils.
• If you find treasure → Go for Verandi’s upgrade.
• If no treasure is available → Rush Relic.

Early Economy Priorities:

1. Place Fertile Soils on the main zone to boost lore production.
2. Build a house and an Ironwood extractor for early iron income.
3. Colonize early lore zones, such as Circle of Stones.
4. Optimize your workforce, turning Norns into Loremasters when possible.
5. Set up a Trading Post for sustained economic growth.

By 801 winter, you should have:

• A functioning Fertile Soil tile with a farm.
• A trading post and upgraded forge.
• A clear economic plan for 802.

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Mid-Game Strategy: Hitting 500 Fame and Expanding

801-802 Goals:

• Achieve 500 Fame to place Eco Branches again.
• Upgrade economy buildings (farm, trading post, silos).
• Start forging tools for farmers and traders.
• Establish relations with allies to maximize benefits from Parasitic Vegetables.

Military Considerations:

• Upgrade military camps and train at least 20 warriors.
• Position military branches in key defensive or offensive locations.
• Recruit Verandi and station her in a forge tile for maximum efficiency.

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Late Game Strategy: Full Conversion & Warfare

By 803, your goal is to fully convert into a military powerhouse while leveraging your economic advantage.

803 Objectives:

• Expand into new territories using Pillars of Wisdom.
• Place all possible lore upgrades again.
• Upgrade key economy structures and silos.
• Begin producing large-scale military units.
• Summon your Guardian of the Realms to dominate.

Using the Guardian of the Realms Effectively:

• The Guardian can decolonize enemy tiles at an extreme rate.
• If used strategically, it can win games outright by reclaiming seven tiles.

Stealing Lore from Other Clans:

• By placing Invasive Fruits in enemy territory, you can steal their lore benefits.
• Example: City Builder (Ox Clan) or Field Rations (Wolf Clan) can be game-changing.

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Conclusion: Why the Owl Clan is Overpowered

The Owl Clan is one of the strongest in Northgard, offering unmatched economic power, lore versatility, and military adaptability.

Key Takeaways:

• Manually place lore upgrades for maximum efficiency.
• Leverage Parasitic Vegetables to steal enemy resources.
• Plan your early economy around Fertile Soils and Trading Posts.
• Hit 500 Fame to expand Eco Branches further.
• Summon and use the Guardian of the Realms to dominate.
• Steal powerful lore upgrades from enemies using Invasive Fruits.

Master these strategies, and you’ll have an unstoppable economy and military force. Have fun breaking Northgard with the Owl Clan!